1 Kings 14:25

25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

1 Kings 14:25 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 14:25

And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam
Two years after he and his people fell into the above wicked practices:

that Shishak, king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem;
of whom see ( 1 Kings 11:40 ) , this was suffered as a chastisement from the Lord for their abominations.

1 Kings 14:25 In-Context

23 For they also built for themselves high places, and images and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

24 And there were also sodomites in the land, and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the LORD cast out before the children of Israel.

25 And it came to pass in the fifth year of King Rehoboam that Shishak king of Egypt came up against Jerusalem.

26 And he took away the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house; he even took away all. And he took away all the shields of gold which Solomon had made.

27 And King Rehoboam made in their stead brazen shields, and committed them unto the hands of the chief of the guard, who kept the door of the king's house.